亞太地區(qū)對困難時期并不陌生。2008年，繼上半年的食品、大宗商品和石油價格沖擊之后，全球金融危機進一步擴大和加深，給包括亞洲在內(nèi)的金融市場帶來了不確定性。盡管亞洲多數(shù)經(jīng)濟體目前的經(jīng)濟狀況比1997-1998年金融危機爆發(fā)時穩(wěn)定得多，但股價暴跌和信貸市場萎縮意味著，未來的日子將十分艱難。對亞洲發(fā)展中國家來說，最重要的是其對實體經(jīng)濟的溢出效應(yīng)，出口和生產(chǎn)增長大幅下滑，可能會逆轉(zhuǎn)該地區(qū)來之不易的進步。亞洲開發(fā)銀行迅速作出反應(yīng)，撥出40多億美元的額外資源，支持其發(fā)展中成員國處理這些危機的努力。這種迅速變化的環(huán)境強調(diào)了亞行保持靈活和反應(yīng)迅速的必要性。與此同時，另一項重要發(fā)展——亞行發(fā)布的《2008-2020年長期戰(zhàn)略框架》(《2020戰(zhàn)略》)明確了我們的優(yōu)先任務(wù)。《2020年戰(zhàn)略》為亞行確定了戰(zhàn)略方向，更加明確地側(cè)重于通過引人注目的增長、環(huán)境可持續(xù)增長和區(qū)域一體化來減少貧困?！?020年戰(zhàn)略》將我們的業(yè)務(wù)進一步集中在基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施、環(huán)境、區(qū)域合作與一體化、金融發(fā)展和教育五個核心領(lǐng)域。它還強調(diào)了在該地區(qū)加大公私部門投資的必要性。為滿足這一需求，我們將增加對私營部門發(fā)展的支持，到2020年將占我們年度業(yè)務(wù)的50%

The Asia and Pacific region is no stranger to troubled times. In 2008, on the heels of food, commodity and oil price shocks in the first half of the year, the global financial crisis broadened and deepened, feeding uncertainty across financial markets, including those in Asia. While most economies of the region are far more stable now than when the 1997–1998 financial crisis hit, plunging equity prices and shrinking credit markets imply tough times ahead. Most importantly for developing Asia is the spillover into the real economy, with sharply declining exports and production growth threatening to reverse the region’s hard-won progress. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) responded quickly, allocating over $4 billion of additional resources to support the efforts of its developing member countries to deal with these crises. This rapidly shifting environment underscored the need for ADB to remain flexible and responsive. At the same time, another key development—the launch of ADB’s long-term strategic framework 2008–2020 (Strategy 2020) clarified our priorities. Strategy 2020 sets a strategic direction for ADB, with a clearer focus on poverty reduction through in clusive growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration. Strategy 2020 further focuses our operations in the five core areas of infrastructure, environment, regional cooperation and integration, finance sector dev elopment, and education. It also highlights the need for greater private–public sector investments in the region. Responding to this need, we will increase our support for private sector development to 50% of our annual operations by 2020